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“Why can’t Johnny read?” is the latest question posed by members of the Chapel Hill police
department, as they pass out parking violation tickets to persons who insist on leaving their cars
on streets which were recently restricted The above scene was photographed on Kosemary Street, j
where parking is now banned between I hurch and Henderson Streets. |
Attorney John T. Manning Is Appointed Chairman of New
l Bequest Program Designed to Raise Money for University
A "Bequest Program”—remem-]
be ring the University in last
wills and testaments —has been
established here with John T.
Manning, local attorney, as chair
man, it was announced yestiA
day (Thursday) by. University
Chancellor Robert B. House.
Describing the program as
“one of the University’s largest;
potential sources of monies a-|
mong fund-raising activities,”'
University officials stated the!
UNC bequest organization is
similar to bequest plana in many
other colleges and universities
over the nation.
Mr. Manning, whose grand
father headed the University Law]
School in the late 19th century
and whose father was Dean of]
the -TTmversity Medical School,
this week accepted the chair]
manship of the Bequest Program'
and made arrangements for a I
limited volunteer alumni organ ]
ization which will later he ex-i
amended over the state anti among
the University alumni and
friends generally.
"The Bequest Program will ul-]
low a greater number of alumni
and friends to make vital con j
tributions to the University,” Mr.
Manning said.
The program is the newest
Faculty Club Hears Harvard Professor
Shepard Jones, Burton Craige
visiting professor of political
science at the University, speak
ing at the weekly UNC h
( Jub, warned of tlur- increasing
danger to the Free World of
Communist activity in the Mid
dies Hast. M
“The explosive tensions of the
area give the Soviet diplomats
an exploitable advantage which
is being increasingly used
throughout the area, by a varie
ty of methods,” he said.
“The seriousness of the anti-
American and anti-western riots
in Jordan during recent days
should make all Americans
pause and consider the nature
the problem,” continued Mr.
Jones. “It is hoped that both
Arab and Israeli governments
will act upon the American be
lief that their true interests yvill
not be served by war, or by any
other forceful measures, but by
restoration of calm and steps ■
toward a more satisfactory set
tlement."
Mr. Jones recently spent two
years with the American Em-
'Coffee Day * Is a Big Success
Tuesday’s “Coffee Day” in
Chapel Hill and Carrboro was
successful, according to E. C.
Smith, director of the Orange
County March of Dimes drive.
The amount collected for the Mar
ch of Dimes is not known be
cause rnahy of the restaurants,
£>ffee shops, drug stores, and
jhiry bars who participated put
the contributions for the coffee
in polio “contribution” cans, Mr.
Smith said.
The local establishments who
participated in the March of
Dimes "Coffee Day" served cof
fee free of charge, with patrons
making a contribution to the
March of Dimes instead of pay-
‘ phase of the University's De- ji
velopment activities and will be i
a long-range effort to supple-j
| merit the , income received by i
I the University from legislative
appropriations and student fees.
Mr. Manning is a graduate of
the University’s class of 1933
No Vaccine Yet at
I
Health Department
*
Dr. O. David Garvin, the
Health Officer, who announced
last week that the District
Health Department here had run
out of Salk polio vaccine, said
yesterday that its supply had not
j yet been replenished and
j had received no information as
lto when it mighf receive future
[allotments from the State Board I
lof Health, -
“We will notify the news-!
(papers the minute we receive
I vaccine,” Dr. Garvin said. “Mean
while, we urge parents to get in
touch with their family physi
cians and arrange for vaccina
'lions for their children. No harm j
will he caused delay in re
ceiving second and third doses of
the Salk vaccine. All information
(tends to show that most benefit
results from the first dose.”
bassy in Pakistan and Jordan and
(traveled extensively in the Mid
dle East. Previously he lectur
ed at Harvard University anil
the Fletcher School of baw and
Diplomacy.
Mr. Jo’nes suggested that
Middle Eastern countries take
a hard look at Soviet offers of
assistance and what may result
to the independence of Middle]
Eastern countries, if Soviet tech-1
nicians are entrenched ih the
area.
With reference to the Arab-
Israeli dispute, he said that little
prospect for settlement could
he envisaged unless the part
icipants were prepared to make
concessions in their announced
positions.
Mr. Jones urged public support
for Secretary Dulles’ proposal
for peace settlement of last Aug
ust 26, and American support
■for development projects in the
Near East, such as the -Aswan
High Dam in Egypt and the
Johnson Plan for unified devel
opment of Jordan River waters.
ing for their coffee.
Beginning Sunday and con
tinuing through the week col-(
lections will he taken up in all (
local theatres for the drive. The
collections will be made by local
high school girls, under the
direction of Miss Sarah Umstead.
(The Varsity, Carolina and Holly
wood theatres will participate in
the week long drive.
Mr. Smith stressed the fact
that no contributions will be tak
en up in the local schools this
lyear as they have in the past,
tie requested that families take
this into consideration when they
i make out their contribution
checks for the drive.
The Chapel Hill Weekly
5 Cents a Copy
[and the law class of
(is the son of the late Dr. Isaac
] Hall Manning, who was Dean
of the UNC Medical School from
1905-33. His grandfather, John
Manning, headed the Law School
from 1881 to 1899.
Development officials, in an
nouncing the Bequest Program,
noted that “bequests to the Uni
versity is not a new concept at
Chapel Hill. Most of the Uni
versity’s most significant
achievements have been the di
rect result of thoughtful be
quests,” they said, noting par
ticularly the Kenan Fund which
has enabled the University to
attract and retain its most dis
tinguished professors by means
of the Kenan professorships.
However, the new program is
(the first “organized ami thought
fully executed program!’ to em-
Iphasize the importance of be
quests, it w<)s noted.
Development Council direction
of the program will be handled
by Roy Holsten, assistant di
rector of developmental affairs
ifor the University at Chapel Hill.
The bequest program at Chapel
Hill will offer opportunities for
both restricted and unrestricted
purposes. The restricted gift re
fers to onE designated for a
specific need, such as scholai
Qups, fellowships, research en
dowments and other opportune,
ties.
Some of the objectives of the
program were listed.
1. To encourage participation
in the overall development of|
the University by a wider num-j
her of alumni and friends.
2. To summarize and present in'
an attractive and appealing man
ner the opportunities for thought
ful and purposeful bequests at
Chapel Hill.
j 3. To inform potential donors
lof the personal advantages, both
tangible and intangible, which
accrue to a contributor to the
University.
4. To bring to alumni and
friends a full realization of the
importance of creating a will.
6. To create in every alumnus
and friend a sense of the im
portance of the mission and pur
pose. of the University and to
identify them with the service
the University is providing the
state.
Local Cage Teams
Cop Doubleheader
Chapel Hill High School’s bas
ketball teams defeated Oxford
Orphanage here Tuesday night.
The boys won 65 to 41 and the
'girls were victorious 36 to 35.
[ Billy "Weaver led the boys’
I scoring with 16 points. Other
'players and scores were Clark 7,
! Neville 12, Blackwell 6, Dos Ker
12,
Cheek, Smith 2* Teague 3, and
Holcut.
Hackney led the girls’ scoring
with 11 points. Other players
and points were Royster 6, Proc
tor 6, Werger, Shepard, Vaughn,
Greenwood 3, Fitch 10 and Evans.
George Cutiens Return
Mr. and Mrz. George B. Cut
. ten have returned from a visit
to New England.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C.,, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1956
Town to Purchase
Property Needed to
Widen, Pave Alley
Thi* Board of Aldermen
has accepted final offers of
the sale of property neces
sary to carry out present
plans of widening and pav
ing the alley behind business
firms on East Franklin
Street.
"It*ht" board accepted offers
from property owners Wal
ter Creech and Mrs. Susan
Coenen who at first refused
to sell more than four feet
of their land when the town
jasked for eight feet to t'a
cilitate the widening from
-12 to 20 feet.
However, after further re-j
j quests, the property owners
Uffered to sell an additional
two feet to enable the alley
Ito be widened to 18 feet
where it adjoins their prop
erty.
Following acceptance of
the offers by the board,
Town Attorney J. Q. Le
4rand was instructed to be
gin 1 obtaining signatures
from other property owners
who have offered to donate
their land toward the pro
ject.
The town will i>ay Mr.
Creech $1,500 t'or a six'
foot strip of his property.
Mrs. Coenen will receive
$960 for a six foot strip
of her land.
..Mr. Creech’s offer was not
an increase in the price he
asked for “four feet of his
property, but he did ask
that certain conditions be
met. Mrs. Coenen, request
ing the same conditions, ask
ed for S6O for the additional
two feet.
The conditions of sale stip
ulated that the alley be p*v
ed, curbed and guttered,
surface and storm sewer
drainage be provided at no
cost to the owners, that en
trances to their property be
provided, and that all utility
lines he installed and main
tained within the alley as
widened.
Some 17 merchants peti
tioned the board to pave the
alley .to provide easy access
for delivery trucks and to
keep commercial traffic-off
of the congested area of
East Franklin Street.
Town Manager Thomas
Rose said that since no other
property has to he purchased
in order to carry out the
| plans, work on the alley
j probably will begin in the
j early spring.
Family Night Supper
A family night supper fol
! lowed by a short illustrated di.s
jcussion on organization of the
Methodist church will be held at
Aldersgate Methodjst Church at
Glenwood Elementary School
Sunday evening. The supper will
begin at 6 o’clock, and families
are requested to bring a covered
dish and table service, beverage
will be furnished. Members are
also invited to bring friends.
Braised in Collier's Article
As University Continues to Ignore the Fluoridation Question,
Fluoride Toothpastes Go on Sale in Six Local Drug Stores
As the University continued,]
head in the sand, to ignore the
crucial public 'Water supply fluo
ridation question, Chapel Hill
drug stores this week had on
sale at least two brands of tooth
paste which would provide simi
lar decay-preventing aid to vil
lagers’ teeth. Others were sche
duled to be put on the market
shortly.
An article in the January 6
issue of Collier’s first told the
public about the new tooth
pastes. One brand mentioned in
the artide—Super Amm-i-dent —
has been on sale here for a month
to six weeks. It contains sodium,
fluoride, the same ingredient
whieh has been used by many
(towns in their public water sup-
I plies.
The Collier’s article specifi
cally concerned experiments con
ducted at the Indiana University
School of Dentistry, where Dr.
Joseph C. Muhler baa just com-
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H. C. Pearce; manager of the
■ Chapel Hill Bus Station, is aj
. proud fellow this week.
Because, this month the station I
i received an N. C. I’tilitics t'om
niission inspection rating of 100
per cent for the 36th consecutive
.time "for consistently providing
clean and adequate bus station
facilities."
Mr. Pearce explained how the
rating is obtained. Each month,
h" said this week, L. C. Kosser,
an inspector of the commission,
makes a surprise visit to the
station
lie thoroughly inspects it, .both
inside and out---the waiting;
I rooms, the wash rooms, the toilet j
facilities, and the outside load-j
ing area. The rating plan al
lows a possible 1,000 points for
near perfection. And for the last
three years, Mr. Pearce and the
station he runs have had a per
fect score. No wondfr he is proud.
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No Changes Made
In Facilities'Tiere
Chapel Hill Bus Station Man
ager H. C. Pearce reported yes
terday that he was waiting or
ders from his superiors in the
Carolina Coach Company before
mailing any changes in facili
ties or signs pertaining to segre
gated waiting rooms.
Last Tuesday was the deadline
for compliance .with the Inter
state Commerce Commission or !
der that segregation he eliminat-j
ed in train and bus station fa
cilities for interstate passengers.
In towns such as Raleigh and
1 luiham, fotjner Negro waiting
rooms wt'if re designated as,
Negro waiting rooms for- intra
state passengers only. White
waiting rooms presumably were
open to all interstate passengers,
regardless Of''race.
Bus stations in major cities
of North .Carolina, however, have
not yet made any changes.
According to Mr. Pearce, "Wei
don’t expect any trouble in
Chapel Hill. If there’s trouble'
anywhere, it might come at the
large junction points , such as!
Raleigh;”
V\. 11. Carmichael at H 3
William i>. Carmichael was Hi!
j years old on Tuesday of this
| week, January 10. In good health
and good spirits, he was in the
lounge of the Carolina Inn dur
ing part of the day and reeeiviiig
congratulations from his friends.
In the evening he was guest of
honor at a family dinner at the
Monogram Club. Mr. Carmichael
came from New York to live ini
Chapel Hill thirteen years ago
when he retired from vice-presi-'
dency of the Liggett and Myersl
Tobacco Company.
pleted 10 years of research by
developing a toothpaste contain
ing stannous fluoride] which has
proven even more effective than
sodium fluoride in its decay-pre
venting properties.
The Indiana formula is be
ing used by Proctor and Gam
ble, whose new toothpaste known
as Crest is already on sale at
the Village Pharmacy, Carolina
Pharmacy, and Sutton’s Drug
Store, Bill Sloan at Sloan’s Drug
Store said he expected to put,
the new product on sale shortly.
Miss Helen Duguid at the
Carolina Pharmacy said she had
had a number of requests for
CrSfafr-.(probably as a result of
the Collier’s article). Eubanks
has only the Amm-i-dent, and-
Senter’s Drug Store in Carr
boro reporta no fluoride tooth
paste available there.
Howard Yandle at Sutton’*
said the Proctor and Gamble
salesman led him to believe the
Chapel Mill Cha[s
L-G. , |
I am now going to tell j
you at what time of the j
clock tho sun rises and sets|
in Chapel Hill.
To find this out is not as
simple a matter as you)
might suppose. The sunrise j
and sunset table in the!
World Almanac doesn’t tell |
you.. You have to make ad
justments of ’ the figures
there because the longitude'
and the latitude of any par-]
ticular place determine sun
!
rise anil sunset time.
We all know about the
time-belts in the United
States; Eastern, Central,
M ountai n, and Pacific,
j These are. fixed arbitrarily,
| for’, convenience, each hav
ing a width of about 15 de
grees of longitude. They are
for dock-time, but clock
time is not the same as sun
time. Two towns just inside
opposite edges of a time
belt have the same dock
time town at the
eastern edge has an earlier
sunrise. For exam p1 e,
though ait of North Caro
lina is in the same time "belt
by the clock, the sun rises
much earlier over the coast
than it does over the Great
j Smoky Mountains.
As the further east the
earlier the. sunrise, so also
the further south the ear
lier. For example, sunrise
at the Boston leveled’ lat
itude is about 7:27 a.m., at
the Charleston, S. (’., level
about 7:02.
When 1 was writing some
thing about sunrise and
sunset time for the issue of
the paper on December 20,
the day before the shortest
day of the year, A. W.
Hobbs,* the mathematics
professor, helped me with
some of the facts of astron
omy bearing on this sub
ject. Since then I have been
helped by Charles B. Car
iney, U. S. meteorologist in
charge at the Raleigh-Dur
ham airport.
(Continued on page 2)
Employment Security Law Now Covers
Firms Employing Four to Seven People
A large number of Chapel Hill
and Carrboro business firms
will lie taxed and their employes
(covered by provisions of an a
jmendment to the N. < Em
ployment Security Act, which be
j came effective January 1.
j Adopted by the 195.) General
Assembly, the amendment ex
| pands the scope of the Employ-
I ment Security Act so that it
now applies to all tirnis employ
ing four to seven workers, in
elusive, except for exempted em
ployment.
Prior to January 1, only firms
with eight or more workers were
liable under the law which pro
vides for employment compen
sation to discharged employes.
It is not compulsory for any
employer to become liable until
'he has as many as four individ
| uals employed during each of
’2O weeks in a calendar year after
company would mail free samples
of their new fluoride toothpaste
to families in Chapel Hill some
time in the near future. Mr.
Yandle said Sutton’s is also car
rying Lambert’s ’ “Anti-zyme,”
another fluoride. preparation
mentioned by Collier’s.
John Carswell at Colonial Drug
Company on West Franklin
Street said Super Amm-i-dent
was all he had available but
that he expected to get the other
companies’ products soon.
The new stannous fluoride
toothpaste developed at Indiana
University has proven extremely
effective, according to Collier’s.
Says the article, “In a vast field
study, largest of its kind in the
Jristory of dental rsearch, it (the
stannous fluoride dentifrice) has
cut tooth decay just about in lydf,,
The teats have taken plai£ in
Bloomington, Indiana . . . Thirty
six hundred Bloomingtonians,
(Continued on Pngs 12)
$4 a Year in County; other rates on page 2
Ridgefield Development’s Fate
Will Be Decided by Aldermen
At Called Meeting on Tuesday
The Board of Aldermen is scheduled to meet Tues
day night to take final action on the proposed annexation
yf the .undeveloped 36-acre Ridgefield tract which is
located ‘orTthe east side of the bypass highway near
the Valley., Drive-In Theatre.
William S. Stewart, acting as spokesman for owners
of the property, requested the aldermen to take im-
Plans for Little
League Play Made
First plans for lSloli Little
League Baseball in Chapel Hill
and Carrboro this summer were
made at a .luncheon meeting;
of H! of the 25 officers and!
directors at The Pines Wednes
day.
Outgoing Commissioner Billy!
Arthur appointed a nominating!
committee composed of Rev.
Charles S. Hubbard, K. E. Jamer
son and Coy Durham to bring]
in a slate of l'.loti officers at]
the next meeting at The Pines!
Friday, January 27, at I p.m.
| • At that time officers and di-,
rectors will discuss expansion of
ithe league to six teams, reshuf-j
fl.ing of players, a longer season,
] night games, tournament play,
and possible separation from the
national Little League associat
ion.
Heart Sunday to
Be February 26
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Sunday, February 26, will be
observed as Heart Sunday in
Orange County.
Hundreds of volunteer work
ers will be recruited for the
campaign, and present plans call
for the volunteers to make a
house-to-house canvass for funds
on the afternoon of February 26.
W. 1). Carmichael Jr., con
troller of the University, is state
campaign chairman.
Med Bulletin Issued
The latest issue of “The Bulle
tin,” published by the ydiversity
School of Medicine in coopera
tion with the Whitehead Society
and the UNC Medical Founda
tion, has been mailed from
Chapel Hill. “The Bulletin” is
published four times a year and
its editorial staff is headed by
Dr. Ernest Craige, associate
professor of the Department of
Medicine.
Jaauqry L-
The' N. C. amendment was]
adopted to comply with the Fed
eial Employment Tax Act.
The N. C. Employment Se
curity Commission is planning,
to make information available
throulgh various media to em
ployers who may be subject to
the law in the hope of eliminat
ing any misunderstanding as to
what firmsjAi'ie liable and when
first reports and tax payments
are due.
However, failure of any em
ployer ti> receive the informa
tion or other materials being
distributed in no way relieves
him of his liability under the
law.
Football Flayers’ „
Supper Postponed
The barbecue supper for the
University’s football players
scheduled for tonight (Friday)!
has been postponed for i#ie
week, until January 20, at the
request of the new coach, Jim
Tatum.
The party had been planned by
..he Chapel Hill Athletic Club so
tout athletes and the new coacti
representing the University
could become better acquainted
with the townspeople. Mr. Ta
tum, however, requested that he
be permitted first to have a
meeting with the players, and
that that Would not be possible
qhlil early next-week. This week
he and several University offi
cials are out-of-town and would
I not be able to attend.
Oakview Garden Club Meeting
The Oakview Garden ..Club will
hold its January meeting at 8
p.m. Monday, January 16, at
the Church of the Holy Family,
in Glen Lennox. The program
will consist '-of a corsage work
shop conducted by Mrs. John J,
Wright, an expert in flower ar
rangement. She will help the
jnembers of the club in assembd
ing \ their material for corsage
maiding. All members are asked
to tying dry Ynatorials for this
purpose.
FRIDAY
IUSSE
Next Issue Tuesday
.mediate action, either ac
cepting or rejecting the re
quest.
Alderman Paul Wager
opposed taking action Mon
day night because not all
members, of the board were
present. He opposed the pro
posal generally on grounds
that, in his opinion, it is
“not advisable" or "neces
sary at this time" to annex,
undeveloped areas- to the
town. In addition, "he con
tended the board would be
coercing the University ‘ to
furnish water service to the
i area.
Owners of the property,
according to Mr. Stewart,
i are opposed to waiting until
five other areas are annex
led before the Ridgefield
area is the
'town limits.
At present the board is
i considering annexing in one
'action, in addition to the
ißidgefield area, the resident
ial areas of Greenwood, Glen
1 Lennox, Oakwood Drive,
Rogerson Drive, and the
'Country Club-Laurel Hill
; Road section.
Mr. Stewart said the pro
posal has been before the
board for more than a year
and was the area brought
under consideration for an
nexation before any of the
other areas. The proposal
has algo been advertised and
a* public bearin'? tieid- on
it, he said.
In October, to connect the
area with the town limits
and bring it within regula
] tions necessary to annexa
tion, owners of the property
increased its size, from 30
|to 36*-acres by including in
]the proposal a six acre tract
j owned by Luke Conner. As
la result the area, adjoins
| the town limits at the “duck
jbill” extremity of the munci
i pality.
Mr. Stewart contended
that the board, in approving
the proposal, would not be
forcing the University to
furnish water to the area since
the University’s policy is to
service residents within the town
limits, regardless of whether or
not they live in urea.
Also, he said, annexation would
not “necessarily” be a condition
to development of the area. •
’ Town Manager Thomas Rose
said that if the board tarns
down the proposal Tuesday night
it would not preclude the area's
annexation with the other five
ureas.
In the absence of Mayor Oliver
K. Cornwell Monday night the
board did not discuss at length
the proposed annexation of all
six areas.
Woman's Club Flans Party
The annual winter party of the
1 University Woman’s Club will
he held at 3.30 next Thursday
afternoon, January 19, at the
Morehead Planetarium budding.
Notices are being sent to mem
bers who have paid their dues,
and all other women of Hie
Xlniveraity are invited to attend
1 the party and become members
of the club.
! Chapel Millnote 4
We do not wish to be alarm
ing but do wish to remind
' superstitious folks that today
is Friday, the 13th. The non
superstitious are requested to
prevend this item is not in the
I paper.
j* * *
t Christmas decorations still
, up in Carrboro.
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Villagers puzzling over whe
ther they prefer cold, dry wea
* ther or the mild temperatures
i which bring that miserable,
- drizzly rain.
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1 The atingy contribution of
i snow which had disappeared
by ft oon on Tuesday.